Maxwell (Review and Analysis of Thompson and Delano's Book)

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The must-read summary of Peter Thompson and Anthony Delano's book: "Maxwell: A Portrait of Power".

This complete summary of the ideas from Peter Thompson and Anthony Delano's book "Maxwell: A Portrait of Power" tells the story of Robert Maxwell, one of the most controversial publishing tycoons of our time. This biography includes entertaining anecdotes and the authors explore the many contradictions of his life. This summary provides an insight into Maxwell's life and how he managed to reach the top through acts of fraud and deception.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Business Book Summaries
• Release date: Oct 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9782511018026

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Book Presentation: Maxwell

by Peter Thompson and Anthony Delano

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Summary of Maxwell

(Peter Thompson and Anthony Delano)

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This is a summary and not a critique or a review of the book. It does not offer judgment or opinion on the content of the book. This summary may not be organized chapter-wise but is an overview of the main ideas, viewpoints and arguments from the book as a whole. This means that the organization of this summary is not a representation of the book.

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Robert Maxwell changed his name several times. He was born as Jan Lodvik on 10 June 1923 in Slatina-Selo, a small province in Czechoslovakia. His family were extremely poor, with all eight of them living in a single-room hotel which froze in the severe European winters. There were barely enough hand-me-down clothes to go around and no shoes for the younger children - they simply went barefoot or wrapped their feet in rags. His family were Jewish, and Maxwell learned the ancient Hebrew prayers in Yiddish.

Maxwell got his first pair of shoes at the age of eight, and was able to go to the primitive local school where lessons were given in Czech and Russian. He soon discovered that he had been gifted with a photographic memory - anything he read or heard he soaked up so instantly and so completely that he could repeat it verbatim. He could absorb information at an incredible rate. He also found he was gifted with languages, and could pick up new languages quickly if not entirely accurately.

It is also known that most of Maxwell’s early childhood consisted of gaining a street education. After three years of schooling (at age 11), he was unable to enroll in a higher grade of school because his clothing was too shabby. Instead, he